Friday, September 7
Stony Brook, NY
Quinnipiac University
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Stony Brook Invitational
Women's Tennis Begins 2018-19 Season at Stony Brook Invitational
9/6/2018 3:42:00 PM | Women's Tennis
QUINNIPIAC BOBCATS (0-0) at STONY BROOK INVITATIONAL
Sept. 7-9, 2018 | Stony Brook, N.Y.
Opponents: Army, Fordham, Hofstra, LIU Brooklyn, Navy, Rhode Island, Stony Brook
STONY BROOK, N.Y. - Quinnipiac women's tennis begins its 2018-19 season this weekend, traveling to Long Island to participate in the Stony Brook Invitational.
DEFENDING CHAMPS
Sept. 7-9, 2018 | Stony Brook, N.Y.
Opponents: Army, Fordham, Hofstra, LIU Brooklyn, Navy, Rhode Island, Stony Brook
STONY BROOK, N.Y. - Quinnipiac women's tennis begins its 2018-19 season this weekend, traveling to Long Island to participate in the Stony Brook Invitational.
DEFENDING CHAMPS
- The Bobcats are coming off their fifth-straight MAAC Championship in 2017-18, posting a perfect 7-0 record in regular season conference action. Quinnipiac finished the 2018 MAAC Championship with two singles victories 15 seconds apart, lifting the program to a 4-1 win over Marist at the Mercer Country Tennis Center on April 29, 2018.
- Paula Miller enters her fifth season as the Director of Tennis and Women's Tennis Head Coach in 2018-19, after a successful season in which Quinnipiac women's tennis reached their 11th NCAA Tournament Appearance in the Division I era after winning the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championship title for the fifth straight year.
- Miller also earned her fourth consecutive MAAC Coach of the Year Award as she guided the Bobcats to their fifth straight MAAC Regular Season Championship with a fifth straight perfect year in the MAAC.
- The Bobcats went 7-0 in the regular season before claiming two more wins in the MAAC Tournament, to improve to a perfect 47-0 against league opponents since joining the MAAC in 2013-14.
- Sophomore Dominique Vasile (Bingham Farms, MI) returns to the Bobcats after an impressive freshman year. She was named 2017-18 MAAC Player of the Year and MAAC Rookie of the Year, and was selected to the First-Team All-MAAC team at No. 1 singles and No. 2 doubles. She finished 17-5 in singles last year, leading the program in win percentage.
- The reining MAAC Championship Most Outstanding Performer Jennifer Lu (Cypress, CA) returns for her senior year with the Bobcats. Lu posted a team-high 20 wins in singles (20-14) and a team-best 18 wins in doubles (18-13) in 2017-18, earning All-MAAC First Team status at No. 2 singles.
- Proyfon Lohaphaisan (Santa Clara, CA) also returns for her senior year in 2018-19 after posting 34 total wins last season. She went 19-11 in singles play and 15-10 in doubles action, earning First Team All-MAAC status at No. 5 singles and No. 2 doubles.
- Sophomore Courtney Nash (Andover, Mass.) was a First-Team All-MAAC performer at No. 6 singles last year, finishing with a 17-8 mark in singles play.
- Sophomore Payton Bradley (Downington, PA) was named First-Team All-MAAC for No. 3 singles, compiling 25 total wins in 2017-18.
- Layla Rodriguez (Rancho Santa Margarita) was named to the All-MAAC First Team in No. 4 singles, earning 15 singles wins and 15 doubles wins last year.
- The Bobcats return to action next weekend, hosting the Quinnipiac Invitational in Hamden from Sept. 14-16.
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